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Academic Work Skills and Responsibilities, Time management, Personnel and project management skills

Dissertation Support Group (Week 3)

This is a 6-week workshop for graduate students who are experiencing difficulty maintaining motivation and/or making effective progress in the writing of their dissertation. This group is open only to students who are actively working on and writing their dissertation full time. The group follows a brief, solution-focused model that utilizes short-term goal-setting in order to facilitate and maintain progress in the writing of the dissertation. Please note that this group does not focus on the technical aspects of writing, and there will be no review of written work in this group. Rather, the group is intended to help students stay on track to meet an expected draft, defense or graduation date. The group provides participants with a supportive, structured environment in which the presence of peers helps to mitigate the sense of isolation, frustration and anxiety that often accompany with dissertation writing process.

This group meets from Noon - 1:00 PM from September 21 - November 2 (no meeting on 10/12 due to Yom Kippur). Participants are required to attend all six sessions.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. (0930182)Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of The Graduate School at Michigan State University and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.